If you want to remove a hyperlink from a document without losing the text or image, right click on the hyperlink and click “Remove Hyperlink”. To remove all hyperlinks in a document, press CTRL+A to select the entire document and then press CTRL+SHIFT+F9.

There are a couple ways to re-arrange your slides in PowerPoint. If the slides are close together or you don’t have very many, you can drag and drop them in the Normal View. In the left column, click and hold on the small image of the slide you want to move, and then drag it to where you want it to be. When you see a horizontal line, let go, and the slide will move.

Another option is to use the Slide Sorter View, in which you can see many more of the slides at once. In the View tab, select Slide Sorter. Click, hold, and drag the slide to where you want it. When you see a vertical line, let go, and the slide will move.

You also can move multiple slides at once. Hold down the shift key to select consecutive slides (control if they are not consecutive). Drag the slides to move them. To return to the Normal View, double click on a slide or select Normal.

There are so many options in PowerPoint – colors, styles, and formats! But remember, the goal of your presentation is not to show off all the bells and whistles of the PowerPoint program. Follow these suggestions to create a presentation that presents information clearly and effectively.

Match Design to Purpose

Think about the purpose of your presentation. It may be meant to inform, entertain, persuade, or sell. You may have various approaches to the presentation: light-hearted, humorous, or more formal. Keep the styles, colors, and pictures consistent with that purpose and approach.

Keep it Simple

Stick to two font families. Use three or fewer colors per slide; any more than that will make your slide too busy. Use no more than one image or chart per slide. Limit the number of bullet points and words per bullet point. Don’t crowd the slide; space is good, especially around the borders. Only use an animation if it directly serves your purpose.

Be Consistent

Use the same colors and fonts throughout the presentation. Select images and graphics in the same style. If you use transitions, use the same one for all slides. Templates help maintain consistency. Just make sure to choose one that is appropriate to your purpose…or create your own

Today’s tip is one of my favorite keyboard shortcuts. Often, I want to see my desktop quickly, without having to minimize each window individually. To do this, use the Windows key + M. To restore the minimized windows, use the Windows key + Shift + M.

We need passwords for everything these days! It’s so easy just to use a simple password that’s easy to remember, like 123456. But the annual list of the most common passwords was released recently, and it’s a good reminder that it’s important to create secure passwords. Here are the most common passwords of 2013:

These are the easiest passwords for a hacker to use to get into your accounts!

Here some tips for setting up a password that a hacker is less likely to guess.

Sometimes statistics speak louder than words. On these occasions, I like to use tables. Inserting a table in Word is as simple as navigating to the Insert tab and clicking the Table tool.

You can use the grid layout provided to create your table or draw it yourself – I prefer using the grid. Once you create the “skeleton” of your table, you can select a design, outline and merge cells, add special columns – anything your little heart desires. The menu below will appear magically when you create your table, and whenever you click on your table.

HTTP stands for HyperText Transfer Protocol. Long-time computer users may remember a time before Windows when we needed to enter lines of code to tell the computer what we wanted it to do; HTTP works sort of like that. By typing HTTP, you’re telling a web server to go fetch and transmit the page you’re requesting.

Next comes waukeganpl (yes, we’re skipping the www for now). This is the domain. It is not case sensitive, whatever your grandmother may believe. It can’t include spaces, but can include numbers and dashes.

Next part is the .org – this is called a top-level domain. Different types of websites use different top-level domains. Some commonly used top-level domains are:

.edu – for educational institutions like universities

.gov – for websites created by the federal government

.com – used by for-profit companies

Other countries often use different top-level domains like .mx for Mexico or .ie for Ireland.

Back to www! This part is called the sub-domain. Most websites use www as the sub-domain and depending on the way the site is configured, you can often skip typing this part into the address bar. Other sub-domains are sometimes used to point to different features of a website. For example, you can visit www.google.com to conduct a keyword search, mail.google.com to log into your Gmail account, and maps.google.com to get driving directions. All the same website, just different features.

When you combine the domain (waukeganpl), the top-level domain (.org) and the sub-domain (www) you get something magical: a domain name!

What about the extra bit at the end? In the case of our example above, the /technology-tips added to the end of the domain name tells the website that we’re looking for a page called technology-tips. This part could also point to a specific file – in that case, it would end in the file type (.pdf and .docx are examples).